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[kentdeeg]

In the 2001-2 timeframe, I purchased a Fortran Compiler; it includeda debugger and worked very well. I purchased a Compaq Visual Fortran System. My Visual Fortran registration number is:

33406 xxx xxxxxxx xxxxx.

Due to a glitch, all of the s/w has, literally disappeared---that is, erased from my computer.

My purpose in communicating with Intel is to

express interest in purchasing a similar system (non-professonal).

I have done everything I knew how to do in terms of trying to contact someone wiithin Intel with whom I might communicate. I have found, thus far that my attempts have yielded zero results, (almost)

In attempting to find this information, I have run across, something that interests me:
Intel Fortran Composer XE 2011

I have also run across a number (cost) of this s/w; itis in the neighborhood of $600 to $800. Since my knowledge of Intel and how it does business, et al, is virtually nil, I need to find out what I would get for my money, before I "sign on the dotted line." Does this "package," for the lack of a better term, include a Debugger? Will ilt accept code in the *.asm mode? Does it provide detailed instruction on how to load and use it? Will I be able to get support from Intel until I can get my "feet wet" so to speak? I had a great deal of difficultly in using the Compaq system and never became "fluent" iin its use/application.

I was using my system to process a rather large file of genealogy dataand found a bad bug just before it (the Fortran) dsappeared. I am interested in acquiring a new platform so I can get back to work.

I am hoping that, via this note, I might have found a sympathetic "ear."


Thank you very much

Kent D. Grimsley
1100 Taft Ave. #23
Loveland, CO 80537
kentdeeg@comcast.net
970-667-6797

I don't even know how to close this note so that someone meaningul might read it.

[mecej4]

You can register and download, free of charge, a copy of the Intel Fortran Compiler 12.1 and test it on your application for a few weeks, on 32-bit or 64-bit Windows. Support will be through this forum and, possibly, on the Usenet group comp.lang.fortran.

What type of PC do you plan to install the compiler on, and which OS will it be running under? What is the nature of your application? If it is a character-mode application, and since there are indications that you are retired, the following alternatives may interest you.

1. A free license for non-commercial use of Intel Fortran for Linux

2. The free compiler GFortran from GNU, for various operating systems and platforms. A variant, G95, is also available.

3. The Salford Personal Fortran Compiler, for Win-32.

[Les_Neilson]

Kent,
Just a thought - have you looked in the recycling bin to see if your Fortran was accidentally deleted ?
If it is there then you will be able to restore it.

To add to what mecej4 wrote.
If you are working on Windows :
you can get the download which includes the Visual Studio Shell
or
if you already have a version of Visual Studio on your system (VS 2008 or preferablyVS2010)
then you will be able to debug your application through that.

If you don't use Visual Studio there is always "Windbg" (Windows debugger, not windbag!) which my colleague at the next desk uses occasionally. I have triedit but I much prefer VS.

The Intel compiler comes with a comprehensive help including "Building Applications", "Basic Concepts", "Invoking the Intel Fortran Compiler" and"Building Applications from Microsoft Visual Studio" as a starting point.

Plus there is always this forum where you can ask for help.

Les

[Steven_L_Intel1]

Kent,

Intel Visual Fortran Composer XE 2011 is the successor product to Compaq Visual Fortran, brought to you by the same team of engineers who developed CVF. Neither CVF nor Intel Visual Fortran can process .asm files, but you can download the Microsoft MASM Assembler free from Microsoft.

As Tim indicates, you can download a free 30-day trial copy of Intel Visual Fortran Composer XE. If you do this, you must already have a supported version of Microsoft Visual Studio (2005, 2008 or 2010) installed - you can get a free trial of that from Microsoft if you need it.

The Compaq Visual Fortran product has been off the market since 2004 and is owned by Hewlett-Packard now, though HP has no expertise or support available for it. Your CVF serial number is an upgrade so, by itself, it would not be usable for reinstalling CVF if you had it.

[jimdempseyatthecove]

>>Just a thought - have you looked in the recycling bin to see if your Fortran was accidentally deleted ?
If it is there then you will be able to restore it.

Another Faux Pas that can happen is if the IVF folder is open in Windows Explorer and you happen to be moving the mouse and click the left mouse button, you may end up moving the entire IVF folder elsewhere on your system. (e.g. you want to copy a header file out of an IVF folder and your hand/finger coordination is a bit off). If you can find the folder, then copying it back may restore.

... However, this may be a good time/excuse to get a software update.

Jim Dempsey